As part of their Astronomy unit, STEM students welcomed a guest presenter from the Vermont Astronomical Society, Jack St. Louis, last week. Students had the opportunity to launch rockets and view the sun’s surface features through a specially designed telescope.
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Green-Up Day @ Vermont Day School
Vermont Day School in The Shelburne News!
Click here to read about Vermont Day School’s recent collaboration with Burton Snowboards in the Shelburne News!
K/1 Students Present City & Town Models
Design Project with Burton Snowboards
For our Spring CLIC week (Create, Learn, Innovate, Celebrate), students worked on a week-long design project with Burton. The challenge was to improve a snowboard prototype from a visual, technical or marketing perspective to make it more appealing to young riders. Students working collaboratively in groups to design a new prototype, which they presented to Burton representatives at the end of the week. Their ideas were very creative, ranging from light-up snowboards to snowboard/ski combinations to snowboards with collectible charms!
Ancient Egypt Museum Gallery Opening
Force & Motion at Work
STEM Class Designs Simple Machine Prototypes
As their culminating project for a hands-on unit about simple machines, the 2/3/4 students are faced with the challenge of creating a compound machine that uses two or more simple machines to do its job. As part of the Design Thinking process, they created prototypes to test their designs. After reflecting on what works and what could be improved, they will begin to build their final product. More photos to come!
Students Learn to Code and Program Ozobots
During an after school enrichment class, students learned to code Ozobot robots using a visually-based coding programming called Ozoblocky. They learned to write code on our chromebooks and program the robots to perform a variety of tasks, including navigating an obstacle course. Stay tuned for details about additional coding opportunities at Vermont Day School!
Preparing for Student-Led Conferences
2/3/4s Launch Inquiry into Ancient Egypt
As part of their year long study of Ancient Cultures, the 2/3/4s have been charged with the question of “How do we learn from the past?” Over the course of the next 8 weeks, they will explore Ancient Egypt culture through the eyes of archaeologists. They are studying real Egyptian artifacts, on loan to us from the Flemming Museum, and learning how to make inferences and observations. We look forward to their culminating project: the creation of a museum gallery. Stay tuned for additional details to follow!
100 Acts of Kindness on 100th Day of School
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